In a win for funk and a loss for free barking, the singer George Clinton has won a copyright infringement claim and appeal in the US against Universal Music Group (“UMG”) over the use of Clinton’s lyrics “Bow wow wow, yippie yo, yippie yea” (known within “hip” judicial circles as the “Bow Wow Refrain”) in the song “D.O.G in Me” released by hip hop group Public Announcement in 1998.

The Federal Government has announced that there will be no change to the current parallel importation provisions for books under the Copyright Act 1968 and has decided not to commit to a new spending program for Australian authors and publishers, as proposed by the Productivity Commission.

A long time ago in a land far, far away, film director George Lucas created a space epic never before seen and never since equalled. 

In actions for copyright infringement, respondents frequently challenge subsistence and/or ownership. 

Additional Damages awarded under section 115 of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) are akin to a game of Russian Roulette, you never quite know what you’ll walk away with!